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The National Trust for Scotland on The Isle of Canna
The National Trust for Scotland is the conservation charity that protects Scotland’s heritage and cares for the Isle of Canna, working with the Community Trust to create a sustainable working community and, together, giving visitors the chance to access and enjoy this beautiful place.
The Farm
Canna House
Once the home of John Lorne Campbell and his wife, Margaret Fay Shaw, who gifted the island to The National Trust for Scotland in 1981 holds world class collections of Gaelic folklore, photographs, music and lepidoptera.
The house is currently closed while undergoing
major renovations and is due to reopen in the near future. Feel free to explore the gardens and enjoy the exhibitions in the Pier waiting room and the Old Dairy.
The National Trust for Scotland Farm, which comprises 1126 Ha (Hectares), is made up mostly of hill ground with some good fertile land on the inbye (that’s the inner land away from the sea). The farm runs 600 North Country Cheviot ewes, which produce store lambs and breeding stock.
The lambs are sold in September and the best females are retained for replacement breeding stock. The farm has a suckler herd of approximately 50 cows, mostly Shorthorn cross and Aberdeen Angus cross, plus a small herd of pedigree Highland cattle.
Please ensure that if you open farm gates that you shut them again!